Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Well, well, well! What have those focus groups been up to on inflation? We have a sudden change in position. Correct me if I have got it wrong. Not so long ago it was a charade. Then it was a fairytale. But did I just hear that inflation now is ‘of central importance’? What power does the Crosby Textor focus group machine have? I would suggest to those opposite that it is really important to have a consistent policy. We welcome the fact that they now recognise that 16-year record high inflation is important, and the honourable member should—

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